Major conflict1738 – 1740 · 2 years

Nader Shah's Invasion of India

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India · Delhi

Estimated casualties

100Ksingle estimate · no range published

Persian invasion of India by Nader Shah, resulting in plunder of Delhi and weakening of Mughal Empire.

Belligerents2

Persian Empire
Mughal Empire

ON THE MAPAfsharid DynastyMughal Empire (Late)

Conflict graph

SUB-CONFLICTS · 1

Battle of Jamrud1738

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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